Record

RCN7970
AuthorSWIFT Jonathan; JOHNSON Donald McI. contrib.
TitleA voyage to Laputa; a neglected classic with a new interpretation
EditionNew ed.
PubPlaceLondon:
PublisherChristopher Johnson
PublicationDate1948
ISBN007009
ClassLang.& Lit.
Keyword18TH CENTURY/ CRITICISM SEE ALSO SATIRE/ HISTORY/ ORGANIZATIONS/ SATIRE SEE ALSO CRITICISM/ SCIENCE/
Description80p. illus.
AbstractD.McI.Johnson's Epilogue notes that Swift's satire has been interpreted as in part directed against 'Sir Isaac Newton and the Royal Society'. NEWTON Isaac
NotesJOHNSON Donald McIntosh. 1st ed., as Gulliver's travels part 3, 1726. From A.J.Clark
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